Lucky enough to be travelling abroad soon? Want to take your e-cigarette with you? This handy guide will tell you all you need to know about travelling abroad with your Personal Vaping Device, from essential travel preparations to where you can safely vape. Imagine: You land in Singapore, stroll through the streets enjoying the sights. […]

Over 2,000,000 people in the UK now vape. A third of those have stopped smoking, while two thirds have already successfully reduced the tobacco consumption. Unknown numbers of ex-smokers have stopped using both cigarettes and electronic cigarettes. It’s a massive gateway AWAY from smoking. But that could all change if the UK follows the path of Spain. […]

For a change, I thought I’d do a cartoon instead of a blog post Embed this image on your site Source: The Ashtray Blog The quote is from Professor Siegel – you can read his great blog on tobacco harm reduction and electronic cigarettes here, or see more great quotes in our post 32 Great […]

Last month over 1600 of you took a survey, saying how you would react to an ECIG ban. The results are now out. Click on the infographic below to view the results in full size! Embed this Infographic on Your Site </p> <p><a href=’http://www.ecigarettedirect.co.uk/ashtray-blog/2014/02/eu-ecig-ban-return-smoking.html’><img src=’http://www.ecigarettedirect.co.uk/ashtray-blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/430.7consequencesofavapingban.jpg’ alt=’7 Consequences of an EU Ecig ban’ width=’430′ border=’0′ /></a> […]

Can you imagine being so hacked off with a government that you start your own political party to protest? A group of UK vapers, frustrated with EU attempts to ban electronic cigarettes, have done just that. I caught up with Dave Hallam and Alan Beard, two of the organisers, over Skype. What’s the name of […]

Update: Thank you so much to everyone who took the survey – we had a massive response in a very short time! The survey is now closed. The winners are Peter Cobb, Michel Finney and Nuria Mary. All winners were randomly selected using Random.org. You can see the final results in infographic form here: 7 Huge […]

For three days now vapers have been taking to the social networks to protest against an EU ban on electronic cigarettes. (Were you there?) Starting at 9pm the last three days (and again tonight) vapers have been tweeting using the hashtag #euecigban. And on Sunday vapers were so successful they outranked Xfactor, one of the […]

Important Update: A petition on Avaaz against the EU ECIG Ban is gaining traction, with over 11,000 signatures at the time of writing. Please sign the petition and share it on social media. Click here to sign the petition now! Are you one of those who think that protesting against the e-cigarette ban, a ban which […]

After intense lobbying from vapers, the EU last week decided not to classify electronic cigarettes as medical devices. But with the UK government intent on proceeding with a ban, and the EU still intent on banning online sales, the battle’s not over. We asked 12 vapers, campaigners and politicians what ‘s next for vapers in […]